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About a 1839 mutiny aboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the northeastern coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free man who led the revolt. Full summary » | Full synopsis »

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Errors in geography: An African becomes misty over the sight of an African violet in the greenhouse of John Q. Adams. African violets were detailed by a German botanist Baron Walter von Saint Paul-Illaire in 1891. They were not imported to the United States until a few years later. Also, the slaves apparently were from West Africa. African violets are only found along the border region of Tanzania and Kenya in East Africa.See more »

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[first lines] Ruiz:[to Pedro Montes] That one wants us to sail them back. That one thinks he can sail all the way back without us.See more »

While theatergoers in 1997 were being amazed by special effects on
another ship, this magnificent story given to us by the master director
Steven Spielberg gives us the true story of our country and what it
means to be American.

We are not free as long as one of us is in chains. As John Quincy Adams
(Anthony Hopkins) so eloquently put it, "...what are we to do with that
embarrassing, annoying document, The Declaration of Independence? What
of its conceits? "All men created equal," "inalienable rights," "life,
liberty," and so on and so forth?" The Civil War was, indeed, the last
battle of The American Revolution.

What a cast! You can search for Fool's Gold or you can watch Matthew
McConaughey in her greatest performance as the lawyer who risked it
all.

Djimon Hounsou may Never Back Down this year, as he certainly didn't in
this film.

Morgan Freeman certainly knows about "Freedom: A History of Us" and he
helped the Africans find theirs.

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